Characters in GTA Vice City: Difference between revisions

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[[Tommy Vercetti]] is the [[protagonist]] and playable character of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

While under the employment of the [[Forelli family|Forelli crime family]] of the Liberty City Mafia, Vercetti was sent to prison in [[Liberty City]] in 1971 for multiple counts of homicide, which [[Sonny Forelli]] claimed totaled at eleven deaths: ''"How many was it? Ten? No, eleven men. That's how you get to be called the Harwood Butcher!"'' Because Sonny called in favors and pulled strings, Tommy never received the death penalty or a life sentence. Tommy was released in 1986, 15 years later, and was quickly sent by mob boss Sonny Forelli to [[Vice City]] to set up a drug outpost.

While under the employment of the [[Forelli family|Forelli crime family]] of the Liberty City Mafia, Vercetti was sent to prison in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] in 1971 for multiple counts of homicide, which [[Sonny Forelli]] claimed totaled at eleven deaths: ''"How many was it? Ten? No, eleven men. That's how you get to be called the Harwood Butcher!"'' Because Sonny called in favors and pulled strings, Tommy never received the death penalty or a life sentence. Tommy was released in 1986, 15 years later, and was quickly sent by mob boss Sonny Forelli to [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] to set up a drug outpost.

When it is learned that Vercetti emerges without the millions in cash or the drugs he was sent to buy as a result of the ambush during a drug deal, Sonny is enraged and promises to kill Tommy if he doesn't get both back. With the help of "bonkers ambulance chaser" [[Ken Rosenberg]], Vercetti met up with various underworld figures and began his own vast criminal empire dealing with drugs, stolen vehicles and guns, to name but a few, in order to claim Forelli's money back. Vercetti's efforts are rewarded with him becoming one of the richest and most powerful figures in Vice City, heading a large well-armed gang, controlling a local protection racket, and owning several successful businesses around the city.

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*Killed in: "[[Keep Your Friends Close|Keep Your Friends Close...]]"

[[Sonny Forelli]] is the head of the [[Forelli family|Forelli crime family]] in [[Liberty City]] circa 1986. The Forellis are apparently the richest and most powerful [[Mafia]] family in the city (contrary to the later-set [[Grand Theft Auto III]], where the gang is a shadow of its former self and has been usurped by the Leone crime family). Sonny came into power young, and ordered several mob killings around the time of Tommy Vercetti's imprisonment. At the time of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Sonny is believed to have major influences in racketeering, gambling, union trouble, corruption and prostitution, with growing interest in the narcotics trade (which the Mafia families have generally tried to avoid).

[[Sonny Forelli]] is the head of the [[Forelli family|Forelli crime family]] in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] circa 1986. The Forellis are apparently the richest and most powerful [[Mafia]] family in the city (contrary to the later-set [[Grand Theft Auto III]], where the gang is a shadow of its former self and has been usurped by the Leone crime family). Sonny came into power young, and ordered several mob killings around the time of Tommy Vercetti's imprisonment. At the time of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Sonny is believed to have major influences in racketeering, gambling, union trouble, corruption and prostitution, with growing interest in the narcotics trade (which the Mafia families have generally tried to avoid).

Tommy Vercetti grew up with Sonny and they were friends. Sonny gave Tommy a position in the organization and was loyal to the family above all else. Then, fifteen years before the start of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Tommy was sent by Sonny to Harwood to kill a man. Tommy was apparently ambushed, and ended up killing eleven rival mobsters in a massacre. Tommy believes to this day that Sonny set him up, though his motive is unknown.

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*Introduced in: '[[The Party]]'

[[Image:Colonel Cortez.jpg|thumb|left|Colonel Cortez]]

Colonel [[Juan García Cortez]], a retired colonel from an unspecified Central American nation, is an acquaintance of [[Ken Rosenberg]]. He helped set up the failed exchange that brought [[Tommy Vercetti]] to Vice City. Tommy continuously asks Cortez when he is getting reimbursed for the money he lost at the setup, but Cortez tells Tommy that he is "not in [[Liberty City]] anymore", and encourages him to take charge, which Tommy does. Cortez more or less strings Tommy along with payments for jobs he wants done, using Tommy's debt with the mob to make him work for Cortez. Nonetheless, Cortez is not unappreciative and behaves as such. The Colonel also ties together nearly all areas of criminal activity, including narcotics, firearms, weapons, and military secrets. When the French begin to pursue Colonel Cortez for their stolen "missile technology," he asks Tommy to help him flee Vice City for safer harbor with his extravagant yacht.

Colonel [[Juan García Cortez]], a retired colonel from an unspecified Central American nation, is an acquaintance of [[Ken Rosenberg]]. He helped set up the failed exchange that brought [[Tommy Vercetti]] to Vice City. Tommy continuously asks Cortez when he is getting reimbursed for the money he lost at the setup, but Cortez tells Tommy that he is "not in Liberty City anymore", and encourages him to take charge, which Tommy does. Cortez more or less strings Tommy along with payments for jobs he wants done, using Tommy's debt with the mob to make him work for Cortez. Nonetheless, Cortez is not unappreciative and behaves as such. The Colonel also ties together nearly all areas of criminal activity, including narcotics, firearms, weapons, and military secrets. When the French begin to pursue Colonel Cortez for their stolen "missile technology," he asks Tommy to help him flee Vice City for safer harbor with his extravagant yacht.

Recognizing that the Colonel is honorable (in his way), Tommy is happy to oblige and boards the yacht, fending off the French authorities alongside Cortez's crew. Once the boat is free of pursuers, Cortez graciously gives Tommy a speedboat as a parting gift, and asks him to look after his daughter [[Mercedes Cortez]]. The two men part on pleasant terms.

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